public beach access

Eight lawyers representing the many parties involved in the lawsuit made their arguments in a case that could affect access to intertidal lands along all of Maine's coastline.

A group of coastal residents and local businesses are appealing a lower court's ruling in a case over who owns and can access intertidal beach property.

The dispute goes back nearly 10 years. But two months ago, the Maine Supreme Court sided with the property owners, overturning an earlier lower court…